Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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564. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Covid-19 vaccination certificate system to include information on booster shots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61208/21]

Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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569. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend vaccine passports to include booster shots given that several persons have been told they will need proof of boosters to travel to certain EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61230/21]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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609. To ask the Minister for Health if updated vaccination certificates will be issued to persons who have received the booster dose outlining that they have received the booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61586/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 564, 569 and 609 together.

Preparations are underway interdepartmentally with a view to issuing EU Digital COVID Certificates reflecting additional doses.

This follows and is in line with the Implementing Decision adopted by the Commission on 17 November which lays down the technical specifications relating to additional Covid vaccination doses, and further discussions at EU level.

Theses specifications, concerning the value sets established on semantic level to allow uniform technical implementations for the EU Digital COVID Certificate, are being considered to ensure continued interoperability to support free movement across the EU.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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565. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 12 November 2020, if the procurement strategy for future supplies of PPE to the health service has been fully developed; if it includes a strategy for indigenous supply; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61214/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.